A typical specimen. The white sides indicate it is of older age.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Scorpaenidae
Genus:
Sebastes
Species:
S. melanops
Binomial name
Sebastes melanops
Girard, 1856
Synonyms[1][2]
Sebastodes melanops (Girard, 1856)
Sebastosomus simulans Gill, 1864
Sebastodes columbianus Hubbs & Schultz, 1933
The black rockfish (Sebastes melanops), also known variously as the black seaperch, black bass, black rock cod, sea bass, black snapper and Pacific Ocean perch,[3] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is sometimes misidentified as the "red snapper".[3]
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Sebastes melanops" in FishBase. August 2021 version.
^Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sebastes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ ab"Rockfish, Black". Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation. 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
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